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Port charges will be revised/increased for Tankers calling to at Mina Al Fahal, Oman, with effect from 1 August.

For details of the new charges and information about operations in Oman contact GAC Oman at muscat@gac.com

Dredging at container terminals July 06, 2015, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

For approximately 3 months, dredging operations will be carried out [at Kwai Tsing Container Terminals 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7] in the following areas:

AREA 1

This area is bounded by straight lines joining the following co-ordinates (WGS 84 Datum) from (A) to (E) and the adjacent shoreline:

A) 22 deg. 19.816’N / 114 deg. 07.992’E

B) 22 deg. 19.790’N / 114 deg. 08.000’E

C) 22 deg. 19.668’N / 114 deg. 07.584’E

D) 22 deg. 19.694’N / 114 deg. 07.575’E

E) 22 deg. 19.703’N / 114 deg. 07.603’E

AREA 2

This area is bounded by straight lines joining the following co-ordinates (WGS 84 Datum) from (F) to (K) and the adjacent shoreline:

F) 22 deg. 20.281’N / 114 deg. 07.759’E

G) 22 deg. 20.218’N / 114 deg. 07.565’E

H) 22 deg. 20.300’N / 114 deg. 07.538’E

I) 22 deg. 20.253’N / 114 deg. 07.385’E

J) 22 deg. 20.438’N / 114 deg. 07.323’E

K) 22 deg. 20.446’N / 114 deg. 07.350’E

AREA 3

This area is bounded by straight lines joining the following co-ordinates (WGS 84 Datum) from (L) to (P) and the adjacent shoreline:

L) 22 deg. 20.609’N / 114 deg. 07.295’E

M) 22 deg. 20.601’N / 114 deg. 07.268’E

N) 22 deg. 20.884’N / 114 deg. 07.170’E

O) 22 deg. 20.816’N / 114 deg. 06.936’E

P) 22 deg. 20.842’N / 114 deg. 06.928’E

The works will be carried out by a grab dredger. Two tug boats, four hopper barges and one motor survey boat will assist in the works. The number of vessels engaged in the works will change from time to time to suit operational requirements.

A working area of approximately 50 metres around the grab dredger will be established. Yellow marker buoys fitted with yellow flashing lights will be laid to mark the positions of the anchors extending from the grab dredger.

The hours of works will be round-the-clock.

Vessels engaged in the operations will display signals as prescribed in international and local regulations.

Public employees in Argentina, including SENASA Sanitary Authority employees, have advised that subject to weekend negotiations with government officials, they will today (6 July) start a ten-day strike if their demands for salary increases and more are not met.

This could affect inward clearance, vessel hold inspection and terminal loading operations, as all require the intervention of SENASA employees.

Land personnel involved in mooring/unmooring operations which have been subject to weekend negotiation with private company owners have also advised that they may go on strike for a ten day period from today. This strike would affect vessel mooring/unmooring operations.

(For information about operations Argentina and elsewhere in the Americas contact the GAC Houston Hub Agency Center at hub.us@gac.com)

Source: AMI Argentina – GAC agent

GAC Bunker Fuels Ltd Pricing Alert Market Price Update 06/07/2015

COUNTRY

180 CST

380 CST

MGO

MDO

Aberdeen

0

0

369.00

0

Aden

420.00

400.00

880.00

0

Alexandria

0

645.00

900.00

0

Antwerp

355.00

316.00

554.00

0

Aqaba

525.00

485.00

835.00

0

Bahrain

0

0

620.00

0

Bergen

0

0

602.00

0

Busan

380.00

358.00

565.00

555.00

Cape Town

420.00

0

630.00

0

Colombo

415.00

410.00

630.00

0

Dubai/Sharjah/Rak

415.00

390.00

625.00

0

Durban

388.00

0

730.00

0

Falmouth

0

368.00

650.00

0

Fujairah

345.00

325.00

725.00

0

Gibraltar

0

364.00

586.00

0

Hambantota

430.00

428.00

710.00

0

Houston

475.00

328.00

578.00

0

Istanbul

380.00

362.00

600.00

0

Jeddah

410.00

395.00

840.00

0

Kuwait

0

339.00

725.00

0

Labuan

0

0

0

0

Las Palmas

371.00

353.00

599.00

0

Malta

350.00

410.00

562.00

0

Mumbai

645.00

370.00

735.00

0

New York/New Jersey

420.00

348.00

610.00

0

Panama

380.00

339.00

618.00

0

Piraeus

394.00

375.00

574.00

0

Port Louis

0

475.00

705.00

0

Port Said

750.00

640.00

950.00

0

Qatar

0

0

750.00

0

Richards Bay

410.00

0

0

0

Rio de Janeiro

355.00

330.00

688.00

0

Rotterdam

345.00

305.00

525.00

0

Salalah

475.00

435.00

830.00

0

Santos

355.00

333.00

711.00

0

Seychelles

0

0

715.00

0

Shanghai

411.00

359.00

686.00

0

Singapore

335.00

320.00

530.00

0

St Petersburg

255.00

245.00

535.00

0

Suez

520.00

380.00

880.00

0

West Africa – Abidjan

520.00

450.00

710.00

0

West Africa – Lome

0

440.00

690.00

0

West Africa – Luanda

480.00

445.00

690.00

0

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